C 4408

Siglum
C 4408
Alternative Sigla
Mr.A 9, LP 895, Dussaud M 517
Transliteration
l mġyr bn {ʿ}{ḏ} bn {ʿ}ḏ bn ġṯ bn ḫdm bn s¹r bn ṣbḥ {w} ḫrṣ ʾḫw -h f h lt s¹lm l- ḏ ḫrṣ {w} {ʿ}wr ḏ y{ʿ}wr
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Translation
By Mġyr son of {ʿḏ} son of {ʿḏ} son of Ġṯ son of Ḫdm son of S¹r son of Ṣbḥ {and} he was on the look out for his brothers so, O Lt [grant] security to whoever keeps watch {and} blind whoever scratches out the inscription
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Language and Script
Safaitic

Interpretation

Apparatus Criticus
C: (w)(d)m for ḫdm; (ṣ)(b)ḥ for ṣbḥ; ʾḫ( ) -h for ʾḫw -h; ḫr(ṣ) [w] [ʿ][w]r l- ḏ y[ʿ]wr for ḫrṣ {w} {ʿ}wr ḏ y{ʿ}wr
Commentary
C 4407 (= LP 896 = Mr.A 10) and C 4408 (=LP 895 = Mr.A 9) are on one rock face which is split: C 4407 is on the left hand section and C 4408 on the right. Both the texts are in incised letters.

  • [Dussaud M] Dussaud, R. & Macler, F. Mission dans les régions désertiques de la Syrie moyenne. Extrait des /Nouvelles Archives des Missions Scientifiques/, t. X [p. 405-744, ps. 1-31 ]. Paris: Imprimerie nationale / Leroux, 1903.
  • [LP] Littmann, E. Safaïtic Inscriptions. Syria. Publications of the Princeton University Archaeological Expeditions to Syria in 1904–1905 and 1909. Division IV. Section C. Leiden: Brill, 1943.
  • [Mr.A] Inscriptions recorded by the Safaitic Epigraphic Survey Programme in 1995 on the right bank of the Wādī Gharz at al-Mrōshan, southern Syria, and published here.
  • [C] Ryckmans, G. Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum: Pars Quinta, Inscriptiones Saracenicae Continens: Tomus I, Fasciculus I, Inscriptiones Safaiticae. Paris: E Reipublicae Typographeo, 1950–1951.
Site
Al-Mrōšan, Al-Suwaydāʾ (al-Sweidah) Governorate, Syria
Date Found
1901, 1904–1905
Current Location
In situ
Subjects
Curse, Deity, Genealogy, Isolated Prayer, Relatives, Watch (keeping)
Old OCIANA ID
#0007612
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